A lightweight vitamin-boosting toner from Numbuzin's No.5+ line, designed to hydrate and brighten skin as a first step in a skincare routine.
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Guru Certified means at least 6 experts, a score of 85% or more, and almost no Nays.
How we score →Yay
Early verdict · Few reviews so farWhat the gurus are saying
A glow that never turns greasy, plus skin that feels plumped, juicy and bouncy, is what this watery toner wins love for. The one complaint is a tacky, slightly heavy finish from butylene glycol, which some find too much for summer and would save for drier winter skin. Gurus also point to arbutin, glutathione and a peptide-packed formula for brightening.
What they liked
What they flagged
Nothing. None of the experts who reviewed it raised a problem.
The concerns the experts tie this product to, in their own words. Paid and founder takes don't count.
“In my experience, what it's worked for fading is those marks left over from acne.”
Kelly Driscoll, watch at 17:17
“But it does give skin a little bit of a glow, which is nice for drier, dehydrated skin.”
No BS Beauty, watch at 9:21
“It also helps plump up the skin a bit, helps fight wrinkles, and provide anti-aging benefits as well.”
No BS Beauty, watch at 9:00
Every take we've logged from this product's reviews across YouTube. Click any row to watch the moment they said it.
Independent of what the gurus think, this is what the published research supports about the main active ingredients here.
A lightweight vitamin-boosting toner from Numbuzin's No.5+ line, designed to hydrate and brighten skin as a first step in a skincare routine.
Yes. All 4 gurus who reviewed it give it their stamp of approval, for a Guru Score of 88%.
Numbuzin No.5+ Vitamin Boosting Toner holds a Guru Score of 88%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 4 expert reviewers we have collected. At least one expert has named it a Top Pick in its category.
In their reviews, experts say Numbuzin No.5+ Vitamin Boosting Toner is good for dull skin (3 experts), dark spots and post-acne marks (2 experts), dehydrated skin (1 expert) and fine lines and wrinkles (1 expert).
3 experts who reviewed Numbuzin No.5+ Vitamin Boosting Toner say it is. No BS Beauty put it this way: “my skin has a nice glow after I use it.”
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